Cigarette holder



Sept. 11, 1928. 1,684,005

C. M. BELLAK CIGARETTE HOLDER File d June 2, 1927 INVENTOR 1? CHARLES M. BELLAK A TTORNEYJ Patented Sept. 11, 19 28.

CHARLES MORTON BELLAK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed June 2, 1927. Serial No. 195,887.

This invention relates to cigar and cigarette holders.

The invention has particular reference to the cigarette holder forming the subject of a copending application of the same applicant Serial No. 158,778 filed January 3rd, 1927, but the invention relates specifically to any type of cigarette holder having a cigarette receiving butt provided with a metal lining.

The invention will be described with particular reference to a cigarette holder of the kind set out in the above mentioned copending application, but it is to be understood that the invention is applicable in' greater or lesser degree to other cigarette holders of the kind referred to.

An object of the invention is to provide an accessory or attachment which is designed to obviate the difficulty experienced in ejecting cigarette or cigar ends from holders when these ends are so short that they do not project sufficiently from the holder to be readily grasped.

A further object of the invention is to provide such an attachment of a character which may be easily added to existing types of holders of the kind described.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind described of a simple, inexpensive and durable character.

A. further object of the invention is to provide an ejector construction which will not interfere with the smoking qualities of the cigarette holder.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an ejector of such a form that it will act as a rest serving to hold a cigarette in said holder out of contact with the surface upon which said cigarette holder might be laid, and also to prevent rolling of the cigarette holder, thereon.

A further feature of the invention is to provide a cigarette holder having a tip furnished with a metal lining carrying corrugations acting to retainthe cigarette therein, the surfaces of said corrugations being formed preferably as spiral threads, the

projecting surface of which threads may be themselves corrugated. I

A still further feature to provide a cigarette holder having a tip furnished with means or of a configuration such that cigarettes of varying cross section are equally well retained in said holder of the invention is' together with means for readily ejecting the end of a smoked cigarette.

Further features of the invention will hereinafter appear and le specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention hereinafter described is given by way of a preferred embodiment, but that the invention is not limited in any way to such embodiment which is given merely byway of illustrative example, the scope of the invention beingdefined by the ap pended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the holder constructed according to my copending application :,,tl58,778 fitted with the ejector forming, the subject-matter of the present invention which is shown in with-drawn position, the stub of a cigarette being shown as falling from the holder.

Figure2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the ejector in its pushed in position, the cigarette holder being shown as resting on a. plane surface such as a table top in order to illustrate theaction of the ejector tip in holding the cigarette out of contact with said surface.

' Fig. 3 is a view in central sectionvon an enlarged scale showing in detail the manner of mounting the ejector.

Figs. 4 and 5 show methods of mounting providing for spring pressure acting to press the ejector against a slot. formed in the 'metal lining in order to effect an airtight closure thereof. In each case a ring member engaging the end of the cigarette butt being shown in an enlarged view in order to make clear in what way this ring member is mounted on the ejector. Y

The. cigarette. holder formed according to my earlier application #158,778, filed January 3rd, 1927 comprises essentially a cigarette receiving tip 1 of diameter tapering from one at the forward edge such. as to receive alargesize cigarette to an inner diameter adapted'torhold a small size cigarette. The interior of the tip member is provided as has already been proposed with corrugations designed to aid in retaining a cigarette within the tip. In the specific embodiment shown, these corrugations. are in the form of a projecting spiral thread, 5,: which may be of any desired, form as flu . spiral projections.

found most suitable. In order to prevent any tendency of the cigarette to slack back on the threads or projecting grooves 5, may corrugate the surface of these projections in any suitable way for instance by corrugations in the form of a buttress thread. This thread may conveniently be given a form designed to provide a sharp enough edge to bite into the cigarette without breaking the wrapper thereof.

While this spiral projecting thread is the form preferred by me, it will be obvious that modifications of this form might be found to have advantages under certain conditions, for instance, the spiral might take the form of a groove, in the surface of the tip, the pressure exerted in inserting the cigarette being sufficient to cause the latter to extend into and hold in said grooves.

A feature of the invention lies in the formation of the projecting surfaces of the spirally arranged corrugations which are given a form calculated to aid in retaining the cigarette in the tip by tending to prevent slacking back of the cigarette on said This formation might be effected by corrugating the surfaces or by imparting thereto an outline resembling that of a buttress thread.

The stem 3 of the cigarette holder is preferably made as narrow as possible consistent with the necessary mechanical strength. Preferably the stem is formed of a simple tube of less diameter in a vertical direction than in a horizontal in order to cause a minimum separation of the lips, and in small sizes such as suitable for ladies this would probably be the most satisfactory shape. It will be realized of course that a variety of shapes may be given the stem such for instance as a slow twist of the portion of greater width giving aspiral shape.

Many modifications in the form and construction of the cigarette holder may be made. F or instance the cigarette receiving end might be formed of different material from the body. In all cases a thin metal shell 7 may be provided with such corrugations, and be fitted inside an outer cover of different material, or formed in a single piece with the stem portion. This latter construction might provide a very attractive cigarette holder the interior of the portion of the tip being held in the exterior portion by any suitable means in its simplest form the shell could be held in position by the outer edge being rolled around the tippor tion of the holder, thoug in the preferred form as shown in Fig. 3, the shell is a sepa-.

rate piece in which the spiral projecting ridges are formed as for instance by rolling, pressing in a die, or in any other suitable way. This shell may be held in positio'n by its inner end abutting against the interior of the inner end of the tip, and the forward end being expanded against the forward end of the tip, preferably against a sloped shoulder formed at said forward end of the tip which would serve to reinforce the material of the cigarette holder at that point and enable the shell to be firmly engaged therewith, .a binding strip 2 engaging in a groove in the exterior of the cigarette holder, and being turned around the forward end of the cigarette holder, and expanded into engagement with the forward end of the metal shell. I

it will be realized that when a cigarette has been engaged in the tip, it'is in effect screwed therein, and that should the cigarette be smoked close to the end of the cig'a rette holder, considerable difficulty might be experienced in dislodging the cigarette (and. It is to overcome this difficulty that't-he ejector device of the present invention has been evolved. This device resembles in g n.-

eral. arrangement and pnrpose'ejector Lde- .vices previously proposed in that itconsi'sts of a small member extending from the outside of the cigarette holder into the interior of the cigarette receiving tip, and having a part projecting therefrom engaging behind the cigarette end. The ejector, however, differs from all others known to the applicant in that the exterior surface of the cigarette holder is not marred in any way by carrying any part associated with the ejector or being mutilated by slots or grooves cooperating therewith.

It is further differentiated from any device known to 'the applicant in thatthe ejector serves a two-fold purpose, in addition to its ejector function, namely that of supporting the cigarette holder upon any plane surface on which it might be laid so thatthe lighted cigarette therein is held away from said surface, and also to prevent anyjtendency of the cigarette holder to roll 'on such a surface.

The ejector comprises a strip 4' of resil-' ient material ending in a support 6, and'at its innerend carrying a ring. The. strip 41 may be of any convenient dimensions, that shown in Fig. 3 being relatively thin, but wide enough to act as, 'a closure to'a slot 8 in the metal liningof the holder. The stripmay be guided in its inovement in any suit ableway, for instance in agroove formed in the material of the cigarette receiving tip or between guides such as wires soldered on each side of the strip to the outer siirfaee of the metal shell'or "a slot 'for the passage of the strip, formed in the binding rim2 taken in conjunction with the slot 8 might be su'tlicient to guide the strip. g

The slot 8 might be formed so as to avoid aVS Shown in Fig. iin which the slot 8 outs such a groove, the groove could be cutting through one of the projecting ridges tilled with solder at the point of slotting so that the strip could still form an air-tight closure.

In order to obtain such a closure, I prefer to apply pressure to' the strip at or adjacent the slot 8 and various methods of obtaining such pressure are shown in the figures.

In Fig. 3, the end of the strip lis shown as bent back on itself, and obviously the strip could be bent so that the bent-over portion lies between the strip and the metal shell or between the strip and the material of the holder.

An advantageous construction might be that shown in Fig. in which the strip is shown as provided with a double-ended spring 9 attached at its mid-point to the strip, and engaging at its ends with the material of the cigarette holder, the spring being attached to the strip for instance by the projecting ends of a wire loop, which ends are threaded through holes drilled through the strip and the center portion of the spring, and are burred-over, soldered, or otherwise affixed to said strip.

The member engaging against the cigarette end may be of any suitable form such as that just described, or as in the form shown in Fig. l, a piece of strip metal is bent into circular form with projecting lugs 10 which are passed through a slot in the strip 4, and bent over and soldered to the under side of said strip.

In order to aliord a better engaging surface than is given by the thin edge of the strip, the strip might be partly cut through v and flanged back.

The forward end of the strip 1 is formed to provide a rest, for instance of the form shown in Fig. 5 comprising spaced apart feet 12. The rest piece 6 may be stamped iiitegrally with the strip l or attached thereto in any convenient manner.

It will be apparent that I have provided a cigarette holder of novel characteristics, in which the projecting grooves with their corrugated surfaces act to securely retain a cigarette end in position in the holder, and in which the possible draw-back of having to eject a short cigarette end from the holder is provided against by the simple, but eliicient, ejecting device of this invention.

It will be apparent that no deformation tion described is given merely by way of example, and is in no way limitative of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims."

I claim- 1. A cigarette holder having a cigarette receiving slotted shell arranged within'the cigarette receiving end of the holder formed separately from said cigarette holder and fitted with an ejector device comprising a portion extending to the outside of the holder through the front face of the tip of the cigarette holder and tormedto support the holder when laid upon a surface such as a table, the body of said ejector device being positioned between said slotted shell and the inner surface of the forward end of the cigarette holder, and a cigarette engaging portion of said ejector arranged to project through the slot in the .shell into the cigarette receiving bore of the slotted shell.

2. A cigarette holder as claimed in claim 1 in which resilient means are arranged acting to press the ejecting device against the shell member to cover the slot therein.

3. A cigarette holder as claimed in claim 1 in which the cigarette engaging member is formed as a ring adapted to engage behind the cigarette end.

4. A cigarette holder as claimed in claim 1, in which said slotted shell member is pro-- CHARLES MORTON BELLAK. 

